FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
9:30am and 11:00am
GATHERING IN GOD’S NAME
Prelude
Quasi Adagio—From Twelve Trios Op. 189
Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Welcome
*Call to Worship
Leader: The Lord is our Shepherd, we shall not want.
People: He leads us beside still waters, he restores our souls.
Leader: Even when we walk through the darkest valley, we will fear no evil.
People: For goodness and mercy follow us,
All: All the days of our lives.
*Opening Prayer
*Assurance of God’s Love
*Passing of the Peace
Anthem
Who’ll Be a Witness For My Lord (Traditional Spiritual)
LISTENING FOR GOD’S WORD
Scripture Lesson
John 20:19-28
(New Testament Pew Bible page 101)
Sermon
Testify: Stories of Faith
Ian Cummins
RESPONDING TO GOD’S GRACE
Offering
Making a financial gift makes Montview’s programs and ministries possible, including this worship service. You are invited to give generously at www.montview.org/giving or by texting a dollar amount to 720-452-6449. Offering plates are stationed at the exit for cash and checks.
Making a financial gift makes Montview’s programs and ministries possible, including this worship service. You are invited to give generously at www.montview.org/giving or by texting a dollar amount to 720-452-6449. Offering plates are stationed at the exit for cash and checks.
Prayer of Dedication (Unison)
God, you have so greatly loved us, long sought us, and mercifully redeemed us. Give us grace that in everything, we may yield ourselves, our wills and our works. A continual thank offering to you. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
God, you have so greatly loved us, long sought us, and mercifully redeemed us. Give us grace that in everything, we may yield ourselves, our wills and our works. A continual thank offering to you. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
THE SACRAMENT OF THE LORD’S SUPPER
Invitation to the Lord’s Table
Great Thanksgiving
Leader: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
People: And also with you.
Leader: Lift up your hearts.
People: We lift them to the Lord.
Leader: Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People: It is right to give God thanks and praise.
Eucharistic Prayer
The Lord’s Prayer (Unison)
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
Words of Institution
Communion of the People
Communion Music
Chorale Prelude on Kingsfold
Stephen Burtonwood b. 1951
*Prayer of Thanksgiving (Unison)
Gracious God, you have made us one with all your people in heaven and earth. You have fed us with the bread of life and renewed us for your service. Help us, who have shared Christ’s body and received his cup, to be faithful disciples, so that our daily living may reflect your presence among us, and our love be your love, reaching out into the world; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Closing Music
Here I Am Lord (Here I Am)
Here I Am Lord (Here I Am)
Text – Hymnal #69
SENDING IN GOD’S LOVE
*Charge and Benediction
Postlude
Carillon from Twelve Pieces Op. 16
Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
Léon Boëllmann (1862-1897)
We are requiring masks in the sanctuary to protect our more vulnerable congregants.
If you are having trouble hearing in the sanctuary, please know that we hope to resolve it soon. Sound quality is better in the lower transepts and rear of the sanctuary. Assistive listening devices are available in the sound booth in the back of the sanctuary.
Restrooms are available downstairs in the Reception Room via the stairs near the door you entered. If you need accessibility assistance, please see an usher.
Please note that the 11am worship service will be livestreamed to several social media platforms and your image may appear on the livestream video.
WORSHIP PARTICIPANTS
Preacher: The Rev. Ian Cummins
Liturgist: Sandy Prouty
Pianist: Adam Waite
Organist: Barbara Hulac
Soloist: Dianne Briscoe McKenzie
Communion Cantor: Barbara Wollan (9:30am)
Communion Cantor: Paul Lingenfelter (11:00am)
Reader: Kate Williams (9:30am)
Reader: Debby Cella (11:00am)
Sound: Charles Johnson
Liturgist: Sandy Prouty
Pianist: Adam Waite
Organist: Barbara Hulac
Soloist: Dianne Briscoe McKenzie
Communion Cantor: Barbara Wollan (9:30am)
Communion Cantor: Paul Lingenfelter (11:00am)
Reader: Kate Williams (9:30am)
Reader: Debby Cella (11:00am)
Sound: Charles Johnson
Video: John Goerner
MONTVIEW BOULEVARD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org
1980 Dahlia Street, Denver, CO 80220
303.355.1651 | www.montview.org
* Those who are able are invited to stand.